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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 246, 10 March 1855, Page 4

. - FRANCE. — .- X The Berthelot, bearing the body of Marshal St. Arnaud, arrived at Marseilles from Constantinople on the 11th ult., Madame StArnaud accompanying the body of her husband. Three sets of salutes were fired. On the 10th ult., the remains of the late Commander-in-Chief arrived at the Lyons Railway Terminus, where they were deposited in a; chapelle ardente, uuder the guardianship of a detachment of select troops. The Marshal was buried with great pomp. Oni^the important question which has been frequently mooted, but never yet satisfactorily answered, whether Lord Raglan is now recpg-. nised as the Commander-inrChief of the Allied armies, in the same sense as Marshal St. Arnaud was, the Steele says :—^ After Marshal St. Arnaud's deaths Lord Raglan might have claimed the supreme commaud by virtue of his rank; but it was thought better, to avoid any sort of conflict, that each general should remain independent in the command of his own army, it being thoroughly understood, however, that nothing important should be undertaken except in concert between the two." ... BUS3IA. - ■■;;■].:■■■ ■ A supplement of the Invalide Russeoi St. Petersburg, of the 7th gives the following intelligenceuuder the head of "News from the Ori- : niea ;" General Prince Menschikoff, by his report of September 30, has the honour of informing tbe Ejnperor that after haying-effected his flaiik; movement from Sebastoppl on Baktscbi.Sarai, he was preparing to assume the offensive on,the first favourable opportunity, o That: plan fpromised him a : success so mu^^^ the more certain, that the allieshad divided theirforces,;as whilst' '■ the French -y were;.; approach!ng the fortificatipris on the northern side of the bay of Sebastopoli the English: troops had embarked in vessels for , Balaklava, where they have effected: their landing.: ; Having obtainedlnformatioh ofthat fact, Prince; Menschikoff advanced, but the French refused the combat, and abandoned the northern shore of Sebastopol, and had themselves con-•;' veyed to the southern shore, to effect a junction ■ ; their tallies. On *September V 30, Prince ijMenscbikoff arrived, with the greater part of his force, near; the northern jfort; and;tOok -up a position there, whilst waiting to see what the intentions of the enemy might bej; At that date no feat of arms had taken plaCe.'v7 The falsehood contain^ pecting the progress of the English to 'Balaklava, is: another proof of the -total disregard of --truth manifested by the 'Russian generals, or of the alterations made in their reports by- the Eussian governments Prince Menschikoff saysj or is made to say, that the English went to Balaklava by sea, which is not> the fact.: sThere is also a contradiction in his despatch. He talks of having succeeded in separating the allies, and then admits "that■..-the English and French armies were united at the south of Sebivstopol. The St. Petersburg Gazette publishes a ukase from the Czar to Prince Gortschakpff, General Aide-dercamp and Artillery General, command ing the troops of the 3rd, 4th, and sth corps of infantry, stating that— "We have named you commander-in-chief of our army of the southland we have conferred on you all the privileges of the commander-in-chief in time of war, by virtue of the regulations of December 5 (17), 1846." The Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael have, it appears, already reached Bessarabia. It is stated from Si. Petersburg that it is only with the greatest reluctance, and in consequence of the bad effect produced throughout the army by iipne of the Imperial family .having taken part in active service, that the Em peror has assented to the wishes of his two youngest sons to join one of tbe head-quarters in the south. Strict injunctions hare, it is added, been given to the staff of the Princes not to allow them to expose themselves niore than is absolutely necessary for appearance. It seems no longer doubtful that a strong army has been concentrated in Russian Poland". The two first regiments of cavalry of the Imperial Guard arrived at Warsaw on the 24ih. A strong division of the Imperial Guard itself, we are told, is to be quartered at Wilna, a city that" offers great facilities for the movement of troops in any direction ! " Bodies of cavalry and artillery have been sent to the frontiers of GalHcia. The army under Marshal Paskiewiich, cantoned between Kaminietz and Kalisch,

including in the centre of its line- of operations the whole line of railway between Warsaw, and Cracow, on both sides of the Vistula, lias been denominated the "Army, of the North-west." Military magazines and stores of all kinds have been collected at various points. The force in Poland is (upon up: good authority), set down at 200,000 men. -. ■ . DENMARK.;'/.., The differences that for some time have been growing up between, the King of Denmark and his subjects, have at last taken a definite, and, we may add, an ominous shape. The address of the VolksthingJ voted by a majority of 90 to 1, states the case clearly on both sides. The ■ king desires a consolidation of the kingdom, under a single constitution, aiming in this new constitution at the augmentation of the power of the Crown, by wbat cannot be otherwise considered than as the extinction of the representative principle, it being proposed by his Majesty that the representative body should be nominatedby the crown. The: Yolk-thing,-, after touching upon other points, protests against the system of nomination, and declares that no Danish Diet can, renounce the legislative power, or abandon the real representatiye power of the people. Apointed allusion.to the •'.''. dangerous times" in which this arbitrary innovation is attempted, plainly warns the king of the risk he personally incurs, by this unconstitutional attempt fo separate himself from his people. . So far as England is concerned in this dispute, some difficulties arise; from the different views we entertain on other questions in.which Danish interests are implicated ; but upon this question of a free constitution, the noble stand made by the Diet is certain to command our sympathy and respect.